Recent Posts in Homicide Category
Posted on Apr 4, 2011 By admin
A former insurance claims adjuster who was suspected of terrorizing women in the 1970s as the Westside Rapist has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for seven murders ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2010 By admin
In Santa Ana, California, a Houston man was sentenced to three terms of life in prison without parole for murdering a husband, wife and their 6-year-old son in a crime prosecutors say was motivated by ...
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Posted on Nov 22, 2010 By admin
Authorities using DNA evidence have linked a 44-year-old convicted murderer and rapist on death row to a 1990 double homicide in Riverside County. Alfredo Rolando Prieto, who is already on ...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2010 By admin
Michael Dean Stephens, a 21-year-old, was convicted of murder in the 2007 Stevenson Ranch death of Joshua Pipho. Stephens was found guilty on one count of second-degree murder; however, the jury was ...
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Posted on Nov 5, 2010 By admin
A Rowland Heights, California woman was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder in the 2007 deaths of her husband and two young sons in the family's townhouse. Manling Tsang Williams, ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By admin
In Santa Ana, California, jurors will begin deliberations in the re-trial of a Washington man accused in the cold-case murder of his estranged wife. William Gregory Mordick, 64, maintains he is ...
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Posted on Sep 16, 2010 By admin
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation to put some sex offenders in prison for life at a bittersweet ceremony for family and friends of a 17-year-girl who was killed after being ...
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Posted on Sep 11, 2010 By admin
Two Latino gang members were convicted of first-degree murder in a hate-crime trial involving the deaths of a 14-year-old black girl and a potential witness in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles. ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2010 By admin
The Los Angeles County sheriff has escalated his war of words against California medical marijuana dispensaries, saying as many as 97 percent operate as criminal enterprises. Some of the pot shops get ...
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Posted on May 31, 2010 By Marks and Brooklier
Long Beach police made eight arrests in connection with at least 12 gang-related shootings, two of them homicides. Through witness descriptions and surveillance footage, authorities were able to ...
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Posted on May 18, 2010 By Marks and Brooklier
Charles Ray Smith, 41, was convicted in the shooting deaths of three people, including a 10-year-old boy, in South L.A. in 2006. He was armed with an AK-47 assault rifle. An alleged gang member was ...
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Posted on May 13, 2010 By Marks and Brooklier
Inglewood, California police announced the arrest of a suspect in a 15-year-old homicide, marking the first successful investigation for the department's new cold-case unit. Donald Bridgewater, 58, ...
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